The punctuation mark represents moving forward when you could have stopped. I’ve always been drawn to unique ideas and by making the semicolon the main focus of the project, it made me realize how it really can be used in our everyday lives. Many people know of the To Write Love on Her Arms movement, but this project seemed more like something I’d be a part of. Never Stop Telling Your Story - Even if it Includes Self-Harm Therefore this represents what the Semicolon Project strives for: not stopping when you can keep moving on. A period can replace a semicolon, but people use a semicolon because they do not want to end that thought. The reason the semicolon was used as the symbol of the movement was because in a sentence, it is the punctuation mark that separates two different ideas.
The Semicolon Project was created for those who were going through struggles with self-harm, depression and suicide who could have stopped moving forward, but didn’t. As I looked further into the reason behind it, I came across the Semicolon Project that had been started in April of last year. Being a writer, and someone who has some tattoos, the semicolon on this person’s wrist made me want to seek out more information about it. During one of my nightly adventures on Pinterest, I came across a tattoo that instantly grabbed my attention.
